Future forms and design for sustainable cities /
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| Imprint: | Oxford [England] ; Burlington, MA : Elsevier/Architectural Press, c2005. |
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| Description: | xiii, 444 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5714608 |
Table of Contents:
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Section 1. The Big Picture: Cities and Regions
- 1. Back to the City: A Route to Urban Sustainability
- 2. The Intelligent City: Ubiquitous Network or Humane Environment?
- 3. Towards the Spatial Sustainability of City-regions: A Comparative Study of Tokyo and Randstad
- 4. The Multi-modal Urban Region: A Concept to Combine Environmental and Economic Goals
- 5. Creating a Sustainable City Region
- 6. Forecasting the Sustainability of Alternative Plans: The Cambridge Futures Experience
- Section 2. Designing for Sustainable Urban Form at High and Lower Densities
- 7. The City and the Megastructure
- 8. High-density, High-rise and Multiple and Intensive Land Use in Hong Kong: A Future City Form for the New Millennium
- 9. From Central Business District to New Downtown: Designing Future Sustainable Urban Forms in Singapore
- 10. Towards a Sustainable City: Rebuilding Lower Manhattan
- 11. Upper City Transformations: A New Strategy for High-density Development
- 12. Sustainable Cells of Urbanism: Regenerative Theory and Practice
- 13. Sustainable Urbanity in a Powerful but Fragile Landscape
- 14. Envisioning the Future: Sustainable Models for Rural Communities
- Section 3. Aspects of Design for Sustainable Urban Forms
- 15. The Language and Meaning of Density
- 16. Urban Densities, Quality of Life and Local Facility Accessibility in Principal Japanese Cities
- 17. Emerging Work Patterns and Their Implication on the Strategy and Planning of Work Environments
- 18. Solar Cities: The Oxford Solar Initiative
- 19. Quantification of Urban Solar Access
- 20. A Comparative Sustainability Assessment and Indication of Future Housing Trends in Hong Kong
- Conclusion: Future Forms for City Living?
- Index